Word: half-billion
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...cotton crop, owing chiefly to the great rise in price during the last year, is estimated at $1,493,400,-000?about a half-billion dollars better than the value of the 1922 crop. An even greater gain was registered by corn at $2,488,605,000 compared with $1,798,202,000 last year. Increased value was forecast for the current crop of corn, oats, barley, flaxseed, cotton; but wheat, rye, white and sweet potatoes, hay, peaches, apples showed a decrease. The 1923 wheat crop is estimated at $780,771,000 compared with $884,412,000?a loss...